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Sterling Silver jewelry is an alloy that contains a mixture of 92.5% pure Silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually Copper. In order to be called Sterling Silver, the metal must possess at least 92.5% pure Silver, but the other components can vary.
you voted. Answer by Priestess (26). The 800 on your silver jewelry means that it's compounded of 80% silver and 20% of another alloy, usually copper, although nickel was used in some earlier pieces. This grade of silver is inferior to Sterling Silver which is made of at least 92.5% pure silver.add a comment. +1 vote! majority of silver contains traces of other metals,such as nickel.800 would indicate that your jewelry is 80 percent silver,and 20 percent other metals. The purest silver is stamped .999,meaning trace amounts of other metal are present.